lugging

  • 111tuck — I. n. 1. Small sword, rapier, bilbo. 2. Tuck net. 3. Pull, lugging. 4. Horizontal fold, plait. II. v. a. 1. Pack, stow, fold under, press together. 2. Press in bed clothes, wrap, infold …

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  • 112lug — 1 lugged, lugging verb (T) to pull or carry something heavy with difficulty: lug sth up/down/around etc: I lugged my suitcase up the stairs and rang the bell. 2 noun (C) 1 a part of something that sticks out and can be used as a handle or a… …

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  • 113conveyance — n 1. transport, transportation, carrying, bearing, conveying, bringing; movement, shifting, transfer, transmission; portage, hauling, carting, lugging, dragging; freightage, ferriage, shipment, transshipment. 2. vehicle, van, lorry, truck, dray;… …

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  • 114lug — I UK [lʌɡ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms lug : present tense I/you/we/they lug he/she/it lugs present participle lugging past tense lugged past participle lugged informal to carry or move something with difficulty because it is very heavy She …

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  • 115lug — I [[t]lʌg[/t]] v. lugged, lug•ging, n. 1) to pull or carry with force or effort: to lug a heavy suitcase upstairs[/ex] 2) to introduce or interject inappropriately or irrelevantly: to lug personalities into a discussion of philosophy[/ex] 3) naut …

    From formal English to slang

  • 116chug-a-lug — /tʃʌg ə ˈlʌg / (say chug uh lug) Colloquial –verb (i) (chug a lugged, chug a lugging) 1. to down a drink quickly without pause. –noun 2. a. one long drink swallowed without pause, often at a special social occasion. b. a drinking bout.… …

  • 117blond — blond, blonde These two forms retain a trace of the grammatical gender they have in French, since blonde is normally used (as a noun and an adjective) of a woman. With blond, however, the distinction is less clear cut: a blond, or a blond person …

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  • 118blonde — blond, blonde These two forms retain a trace of the grammatical gender they have in French, since blonde is normally used (as a noun and an adjective) of a woman. With blond, however, the distinction is less clear cut: a blond, or a blond person …

    Modern English usage

  • 119dek̂-2 (: dok̂-, dēk̂ -) —     dek̂ 2 (: dok̂ , dēk̂ )     English meaning: to tear     Deutsche Übersetzung: “reißen, zerreißen, zerfassern”     Material: O.Ind. dasü “ protruding sheet filaments at the end of fabric, fringes “; Ir. dūal “lock, curl of hair”(*dok̂lo );… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 120labouring — A British term for lugging which indicates an engine having difficulty in turning …

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